2. Verb. (third-person singular of knapsack) ¹
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Definition of Knapsacks
1. knapsack [n] - See also: knapsack
Lexicographical Neighbors of Knapsacks
Literary usage of Knapsacks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gunshot Injuries, Their History, Characteristic Features, Complications, and by Thomas Longmore (1895)
"Surgical knapsacks.—It has been the custom for knapsacks fitted with surgical
... In some armies the knapsacks are carried on the march by the surgical ..."
2. History of the Twelfth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers in the War of the by Asa W. Bartlett (1897)
"All went well until we got about a mile from camp, when the colonel happened to
notice we were without our knapsacks, and then came the inquiry: " Where are ..."
3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"knapsacks. See Camping outfits. Knerr, HJ Using the army automatic. Outing.
65: 206- 10. N. '14. ..."
4. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"It ¡я worthy of remark that the enemy abandoned such a large number of knapsacks
in retreating to his works, that when this division began its homeward ..."
5. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"It is worthy of remark that the enemy abandoned such a large number of knapsacks
in retreating to his works, thnt when this division began its homeward ..."
6. The Mexican War, by an English Soldier: Comprising Incidents and Adventures by George Ballentine (1860)
"... sporting—Investment of Ver» Cruz—Vergara—Spoiling tbe knapsacks. EARLY next
morning, the third division, with the Com- mander-in-Chief, General Scott, ..."
7. Diary of a Southern Refugee, During the War by Judith White Brockenbrough] [McGuire (1868)
"Hundreds of muskets, gun- carnages, wagon horses; thousands of knapsacks, oil-cloths
and blankets, hogsheads of sugar, barrels of pork, beans, etc.; ..."
8. Barbizon Days: Millet, Corot, Rousseau, Barye by Charles Sprague Smith (1902)
"They gave it up at last, put their knapsacks on their backs and visited on foot
a part of the Pyrenees, traversing the Basque country ; but they had sworn, ..."
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